jimmar wrote on Nov 7^th, 2010 at 9:49am:

Fiddle head are good, I didn't know about poisoining. Thimbleberries are delishous. When I was in college at Mich Tech. my roomate came home one day and found me making Thimbleberry jam. He said I'd make some one a good wife one day! Dandelions are good to eat also, boiled like spinach, but they will stain your cookwear. Anyone tried to beat the sqirrels and eat pine cone seeds? I heard Burrdock is also edible. True?

One wonders why   (You need to Login or Register are not a commercial crop based on all of the positive benefits ... and ALL parts of the plant are edible.  And like burdock, its root can be roasted and used as a coffee substitute.

Since the Chinkapin Oak grows in your part of the world (but unfortunately not in the boreal forest), have you ever had any of the acorns (about pea size) roasted ... very much like a roasted peanut.

And I've often run into fiddle heads in the woods ... not especially in my area, but in the rockies.

dd